24 Ngako Davide wabhaca esigangeni; kwatsi kube kufike umkhosi wekwetfwasa kwenyanga, inkhosi yahlala phansi, yadla.
Kuncono kudla umbhidvo ngekuvana kunekudla inyama lenonile ngekutondzana.
Kuncono kudla liphalishi lodvwa uhlale ngekuthula kunekuhlala ngekulwa endlini lenenala.
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa bantfu lababi isinengiso, ikakhulu nayinikelwe ngetinjongo letimbi.
Kwenta kulunga nekungakhetsi kumjabulisa kakhulu Simakadze kunekumentela iminikelo yemihlatjelo.
Bubi bukudla kwabo, budlova businatfo sabo.
Kona ngesikhatsi nidla ninatsa, anitenteli nine yini lawo madzili?
Base bayamtsatsa Jesu ekhaya laKhayafase bamyisa ekwehlulelweni, kwakungusekuseni ngeluvivi. EmaJuda wona akazange angene kuleyondlu, ngobe abentela kutigcina angangcoli ngekwemtsetfo, kuze phela alungele kudla Sidlo seliPhasika.
Mayelana naleyo ndzaba lesike sayikhuluma nawe, khumbula kutsi Simakadze ungufakazi emkhatsini wetfu sobabili phakadze naphakadze.”
Inkhosi yahlala endzaweni lapho yayivamise kuhlala khona, ngaselubondzeni. Jonathani wahlala wabhekana nayo. Abneri wahlala eceleni kwaSawula, kwatsi endzaweni yaDavide kwabate lohlala kuyo.
Ngako Davide watsi: “Buka la, kusasa kunemkhosi wekwetfwasa kwenyanga, mine kufanele ngidle nenkhosi; kodvwa ase ngimane ngiyewubhaca esigangeni, kuze kube nguntsambama yangemhlomunye.